Baines’ Camp – Sanctuary Retreats

Luxury Safari Camp, 5 suites
Baines’ Camp is located on the Boro River, set amongst the shady trees and water of the Okavango Delta, on a private concession neighbouring the Moremi Game Reserve. The camp, named after the famous 19th century explorer Sir Thomas Baines, features five luxurious suites set on elevated platforms in the tree line, with wooden decks that offer expansive views over the permanent water of the river and a lagoon teaming with life. The elevated suites each contain a luxury bedroom and ensuite facilities. The four-poster beds are fully mobile, giving guests the choice of slumbering under star laden skies.

Accommodation and Facilities
The camp features five suites set on elevated platforms with wooden decks. The suites feature a luxury bedroom, en-suite facilities and private viewing deck. The four-poster beds are fully mobile and can easily be wheeled out onto the private wooden deck if guests want to enjoy a night under the stars, overlooking the shining waters of the Boro River. Each room is equipped with a hairdryer, ceiling fan, in-room safe and mini-bar. There is a swimming pool with two thatched 'salas' on either side. Electricity, 240 volts, is supplied by a combination of a silent packed generator and battery system allowing 24-hour power supply.

  

  

Activities
Game Drives are available in open-sided 4 X 4 vehicles, often into the night, to discover nocturnal species.
Explore *Mokoro Safaris - water safaris, at the gentle pace of a poled *mokoro, offered most of the year, subject to water levels.
Enjoy motorised boat safaris by specially adapted safari motorboats, offered most of the year, subject to water levels.
Walking safaris are conducted with skilled, armed professional guides.
At Baines’ there is the opportunity to explore Africa from an elephant’s perspective; walking in their gigantic and silent foot steps. The elephant interaction activity is very popular, and in order to avoid disappointment we recommend pre-booking. This activity will incur an additional cost.
*A mokoro is a dug-out canoe

Elephant interaction activity

  

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Chief’s Camp – Sanctuary Retreats

Luxury safari camp, 12 bush pavilions
Chief’s Camp is a luxury camp situated on Chief’s Island in the exclusive
Mombo Concession of the Moremi Game Reserve. This region is known as the “predator capital” of Africa and is considered to have the finest game viewing in
Southern Africa, including the Big Five. Guest accommodation comprises of 12 secluded, permanent luxury bush pavilions. The main deck area is split-level and offers expansive views over the floodplain while the lower level of the deck houses an exquisite swimming pool.

  

  

Accommodation and Facilities                                                                                                                        The camp, constructed on a green-field site, comprises of 12 luxury bush pavilions. Each pavilion boasts a spacious seating area and private game viewing deck with hammock. En-suite facilities include an indoor and outdoor shower. Each room is equipped with a hairdryer, ceiling fan, in-room safe, emergency intercom and mini-bar. The main lodge complex houses the dining area, bar, curio shop, library and reception area. The main deck area is split-level and offers expansive views over the floodplain to the north. The lower level of the deck houses the swimming pool. There is a treatment room at the camp with a range of treatments using Thalgo and Africology products. Electricity, 240 volts, is supplied by a synchronised, silent generator system allowing 24-hour power supply.

Activities
Apart from its predators, the area is also renowned for its large concentrations of plains-game, elephant and buffalo. Both white and black rhino were introduced in 2001 and 2003 respectively.
Enjoy thrilling guided game drives lead by highly qualified professional guides, conducted in customised, open 4 x 4 game viewing vehicles. Game drives take place early morning and late afternoon.
Explore the area up close and personal at the gentle pace of a poled mokoro excursion, subject to water levels.

  

  

  

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Chobe Chilwero – Sanctuary Retreats

Luxury Safari Lodge, 15 cottages
Chobe Chilwero borders the Chobe National Park, which is the second largest national park in Botswana. The lodge is situated above the Chobe River and offers unparalleled panoramic views across the islands and flood plains as far as Namibia. Accommodation is in 15 air-conditioned cottages and the main public area includes a lounge and dining room, which are linked to outdoor viewing patios.
Chobe Chilwero also boasts the first full spa on the Botswana Safari circuit.

  

  

Accommodation and Facilities
Chilwero means “place of high view” in the local language of Setswana. Each of Chobe Chilwero’s 15 cottages measure 61 square metres and have ensuite bathrooms with a modern bath, indoor and outdoor showers, private garden with hammock, “sala” or private balcony, mosquito nets, ceiling fans, air-conditioning, hairdryer, mini-bar as well as an in-room safe.
The main public area includes a lounge and dining room, which are linked to outdoor viewing patios. The wine cellar is temperature controlled and houses a large variety of South African wines. The spa offers a range of spa and hydrotherapy treatments from both the Thalgo and Africology ranges. The lodge also boasts a split-level swimming pool, library, curio shop and a communications centre, which offers telephone, fax and internet access. Electricity, 240 volts, is permanently supplied.

  

  

  

  

Activities
Enjoy thrilling guided game drives in open-sided 4 x 4 vehicles that bring guests to the heart of Africa's largest concentration of elephants. Highly qualified professional guides lead game drives in customised, open 4 x 4 game viewing vehicles.
Chobe Chilwero offers motorised boat safaris and sun-downer cruises. Explore the Chobe River by these specially adapted safari motor-boats. (subject to water levels).
Additional activities include fishing excursions at an additional cost, therefore pre-booking is advised.
Day trips to the Victoria Falls include bungee jumping, river rafting, shopping, touring the Falls, or elephant back riding. Scenic flights over four countries by helicopter are offered at an additional cost.

Enjoy a Boma dinner in the evening after having had an eventful and exciting day.

  

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Stanley’s Camp – Sanctuary Retreats

Luxury safari camp, 8 classic safari tents
Set in an amphitheatre of ebony and sausage trees on the southern tip of Chief’s
Island, Stanley’s Camp sits amidst 260,000 acres of untamed African bush.
Bordering the southern section of the famous Moremi Game Reserve this private concession is located in seasonal delta. Stanley’s is a small luxury camp consisting of eight classic styled safari tents raised on wooden decking, each featuring en-suite facilities and a private balcony. The main building is raised on decking and offers expansive views over the surrounding floodplains.
The area is home to a wide variety of big game, including elephant, buffalo, giraffe, hippo, lion, leopard, cheetah and wild dog.

  

Accommodation and Facilities
Stanley’s Camp consists of eight classic safari tents on raised wooden decking. Each unit offers en-suite facilities, a private deck and is equipped with a hairdryer and ceiling fan. The main building is also raised on decking, its main support being a large sausage tree. There is also a swimming pool.
Electricity, 240 volts, is supplied by a combination of a silent packed generator and battery system allowing 24-hour power supply.

  

  

  

Activities
Game viewing in this area is extremely good with excellent numbers of predators and plains game.
Enjoy thrilling guided game drives in open-sided 4 x 4 vehicles. As Stanley’s Camp is situated on a private concession, night drives are offered and are usually combined with the afternoon activity.
Explore walking safaris on foot with skilled, armed, professional guides and experience the bush from a grass roots’ perspective.

Explore the area up close and personal at the gentle pace of a poled mokoro excursion (subject to water levels).
‘Sanctuary Retreats and Living with Elephants’ invite guests to explore Africa from an elephant’s perspective by walking in their gigantic and silent footsteps. The elephant interaction activity is very popular, and in order to avoid disappointment, pre-booking is recommended at an additional cost.

  

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Kwara Camp – Kwando Safaris

Camp with 8 en-suite tents
Kwara camp is situated on the edge of the permanent waters of the world renowned Okavango Delta in Botswana, and shares a common boundary with Moremi Game Reserve. Kwando Safaris offers it all - Africa’s big game, the Okavango Delta, Nxai Pan and the Central Kalahari Gamer Reserve. The Okavango Delta is a 1.6 million ha wilderness of water, reed, trees and flood plains in the middle of the Kalahari sands – the largest block of sand on earth. The Delta is world renowned for its biodiversity and contrasts - a must see on any African safari.
Most of the tents are raised on teak decks to afford views over the surrounding plains and lagoon with the resident hippos.

  

Accommodation and Facilities
The elegant, comfortable and simple décor of the teak furniture used around the camp was created by Zimbabwean master craftsmen.

Most of the tents are raised on teak decks to afford views over the surrounding plains and lagoon with the resident hippos.

  

Kwara, like the other camps has a small splash pool and a gift shop. The camp consists of 8 luxury tents accommodating 16 guests. There is one honeymoon suite. The camp setting, in a tall treed island, on the edge of the Okavango Delta completes the picture of this special camp.

Activities
Due to the specific location of the camp, Kwara is able to offer power boating, mokoro (dug out canoe) trips, walks and game drives – all year round. Kwara also offers fishing for 10 months of the year. Under government regulations they are not permitted to fish during January or February, as this is peak breeding season. In addition, Kwara is in a large private concession enabling the game drives to operate both off road and at night.

The ability to operate off road and at night is critical in order to see the up to 30% of interesting mammal species that are mainly active at night. These include leopard, lion, wild dog, hyena and smaller predators. The presence of permanent water ensures year round game viewing. The permanent water ensures that mokoro trips (dugout canoes) can take place in shallow water throughout the year. Kwara is one of the few camps able to make this claim.

  

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Lebala Camp – Kwando Safaris

Camp with 8 en-suite tents
Hidden in the Southern portion of the extensive Kwando wilderness of 232 000 ha. (550 000 acres) is Lebala Camp. Lebala is the Tswana word for wide-open plains, and each tent has extensive views over expansive tracts of African plains and wetlands, that comprise part of the Kwando-Linyanti flood plain system. This system is an intricate labyrinth of waterways, reed beds, islands, floodplains, bush, scrub and trees. To those in the know - somewhat Okavango like but something different too.
Kwando Lebala Camp comprises of 16 beds in 8 luxuriously spacious tents, on Zimbabwe teak decks. Each tent is surrounded by spectacular shade cloth walls, with a variety of curtains and shades so you can control how much light you let in or not.

  

Accommodation and Facilities
Sliding doors and a spacious bedroom area, bathroom including a Victorian claw bathtub, double basins, outside double showers, separate toilet and fans.
The teak furniture created for us by Zimbabwean master craftsmen is elegant, comfortable and simple, leaving the tent looking spacious and tasteful. The clean simple lines created by the shade cloth, and variety of curtains, will complete the picture of privacy and space. The shade cloth walls allow you to view the sunrises and sunsets from the safety of your rooms whilst also viewing the elephant’s and hippo’s walking past your room in the light of the full moon.

Activities
Lebala complements the Kwando Lagoon Camp experience by offering a spectacularly different setting, scenery and experience from that offered by Lagoon. Guests staying at both camps have enjoyed game drives, including night drives, in vastly different settings. Excellent general game abounds on the broad plains, creating spectacular scenery, adorned with herds of plains game and the ever-attendant predators.
Lebala offers regular and reliable sightings of elephant, lion, wild dog, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, zebra, tsessebe, kudu, lechwe, impala, wildebeest and waterbuck in stunning settings. Lebala is famous for elephant sightings as is neighbouring Lagoon Camp, 3 hours drive north. In fact the Kwando concession is home to more elephant than the entire country of South Africa.  Some of this game can be viewed from the comfort of the pool deck.

Fishing is also enjoyed for 10 months of the year. Due to Government regulations fishing is not permitted in January and February. Boat cruises are also conducted on the Kwando River from the shady Lagoon Camp. Therefore we feel that the ideal Kwando experience will involve stays at all their camps including Nxai Pan, Tau Pan and either Kwara or Little Kwara.

  

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Tau Pan – Kwando Safaris

Camp with 8 custom-built desert rooms
Situated on an established sand ridge overlooking Tau Pan, this camp commands stunning views of the permanent Tau Pan water hole and the endless Kalahari horizon. Tau Pan Camp is situated inside the world famous Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) right on the edge of the beautiful Tau Pan.
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) is the largest game reserve in the world (52,800 sq km’s) and for many years was closed to the public, hence it is now known as being one of Africa’s last true wilderness areas.

  

  

Accommodation and Facilities
Guests are accommodated in 8 custom-built desert rooms under thatch, while the main area consists of a dining room, lounge area and a viewing deck. The camp also offers a swimming pool, interpretation centre/library and curio shop.
One of the rooms is a family room and a guide/pilot room is also available.
All rooms are solar powered, with fans, outside showers and have private viewing decks.

Activities
Game drives take place in open 4 x 4 vehicles.
Guided walks are undertaken with a ‘San’ who will explain and entertain you by answering all your questions about bush survival, right through to issues regarding the scope of life - from birth to marriage!
After the summer rains, whilst on a game drive, The CKGR gets animals such springbok, gemsbok and wildebeest in their thousands and is quite a sight to behold! Predators abound with plentiful lions – especially the famous Kalahari black-maned Lion. Cheetah, leopard and jackals also abound. Brown Hyenas and Wild Dogs are also found in the area.

Several species of antelopes make the trip to the sweet grasses of the CKGR which include the Eland, Springbok, Steenbok, Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Kudu and Duiker. Honey Badgers are regular visitors, as well as Ground Squirrels and many an hour can be wiled away watching these fascinating animals.
Bird life is also plentiful, with sightings of the world’s heaviest flying bird – the Kori Bustard.
*Please note that Tau Pan is in a national park and an ecological sensitive area, and for this reason night drives are not conducted and day drives have to remain on the main track roads.

  

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